First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process

Contents

Nature vii Introduction 1 Reading 7 Keeping a Journal 19 Practical Hints 23 Nature 27 More Practical Hints 33 The Language of the Street 45 Words 49 Sentences 53 Emblem, Symbol, Metaphor 59 Audience 65 Art Is the Path 71 The Writer 77 Epilogue 83 Acknowledgments 87 Notes 89 index 99 Contents viii Contents Nature ix F i r s t w e r e a d , t h e n w e w r i t e x Contents ...